TPLink Omada.. is this the new UniFi?

[@dieahappyman4582]

I'm a big admirer of Ubiquiti, but I recently moved to a new house, and I'm on a limited budget. The alternative, which is three times less than Ubiquiti, is Omada, which I've been using for a year and a half. It's less buggy and easier to set up.

[@henrye718]

I found the same thing Unifi too many problems. no updates breaking things and having to reboot or factory rest stuff to get it work right again.

[@antoniom.andersen6704]

Looks like a great setup. I've never used Unify or TP-Link but it seems like it's a solid thing. For the time being I'm using a MicroTik router, Zyxel GS1900-24 switch and some Zyxel mesh access points. It works fine but I'd love to have the 2.5Gbit network that you have shown here. Thanks for the walkthrough.

[@tieeieita2735]

I share my wifi with my neighbours and I am able to manage the network on and off premises via cloud controller. Its fast and super intuitive. The dashboard is what I admire the most. And as an IT who has used unifi for about 2 yrs. I think omada offers more capacity for customising urbnetwork and its just as good as unifi in terms of monitoring and management

[@InsideWire]

Thanks for sharing

[@tp-linkuk]

Amazing video. 🙌

[@InsideWire]

Thank you 😊

[@eyesonly4451]

It's good to see Unifi have some competition. Judging from the GUI, Amada looks to be about where Unifi was 5 years ago. I wish them success, as the cost of Unifi is not insignificant.

[@tarad0nbr4n9]

I have both Unifi and Omada devices in my home lab. OPNsense for the firewall.

[@InsideWire]

Nice!

[@allajunaki]

Interesting how similar the interface is to UniFi. TP Link looks pretty competitive for the price! How is the software support, do they do constant updates like UniFi?

[@InsideWire]

Ive only recently started playing around with TP link so couldn't comment on the software yet...

[@cosminstoica6098]

Tp-Link has good hardware but the company does not seem to care about customer security. They release only 2, maximum 3 firmware update for product lifetime. I'm sorry to say but I'm moving away from Tp-Link.

[@FrankDamen]

@@cosminstoica6098 As a tp-link employee I can tell you that every 2 months new software is available

[@wurlabyscott]

Still liking Omada?

[@RAHULRAJ-e8l]

Will it function according to the pattern? OC300 -> ER605 -> Netgear 24 Poe switch Gigabit -> EAP 660 HD(no of devices 7)

[@johnward6516]

great video, did you stay with Unifi or did you flick over to tp-link?

[@ChiekoGamers]

Ubiquiti products costs 3x more in my country. So I went with TP link Omada system because its cheaper, but the problem is firmware, too many bugs that needs to be fixed

[@Sayedabdulla]

bought full set of omada products but still inside the boxes. I'm waiting for my fiber connection.

[@InsideWire]

When does your connection arrive?

[@kenjohanning1163]

Seems like a nice system. Will you be doing an update soon?

[@InsideWire]

Unfortunately i dont have all the kit, but let me see what i can do.

[@tauntonlad]

What sort of speeds does this achive, i have had so many mesh systems that start good then constantly disconnect im wondering if a system like this might be better

[@francmassaneda]

WHy not connecting the router and the switch via SFP port with a DAC?

[@HeckieCormack]

Is there a cost to run the cloud software?

[@InsideWire]

No cost to run the cloud software

[@shadow.banned]

That fan was SO LOUD. Oh my god, were you inside a jet?

[@InsideWire]

hahaha. It was just the initial boot.. it soon went quiet.

[@ColinKlapka]

I am confused, if your vpn router only allows gigabit speeds how would the 2.5g switch be of benefit? Isn't the router a bottleneck for that?

[@ragtop50]

It's of no benefit for internet speed if you have Gigabit or lower internet, but the 2.5G switch will allow faster speeds between on network devices such as a NAS or any media servers.

[@Adi031978]

​@@ragtop50rheoretically yes, but the tp link switches are only carry gigabit ports so even wired you are not able to use the higher speed 🤷🏻

[@ragtop50]

@@Adi031978 They do have 2.5G and 10G switches

[@Mozri375]

​@@Adi031978wft the tp link switch is 2.5 gig, so you can use 2.5 gig in your local network.

[@mckenziesmall6275]

Can you plug the OC200 into the router instead of the switch. It seems such a waste of a 2.5gbe port for a controller.

[@sibonelogift5061]

Good morning brother I hope you are ok here i have a question for you it about jetstream is needed while am opening a business or just desk switch needed to run a business with my neighborhood connecting to me rent for that?

[@luckyday_5510]

Router ❌ ROOter ✅

[@InsideWire]

💯

[@sibonelogift5061]

Good morning sir I like to help me about my two components i bought with a hope to make a small business selling voucher i did well for the first time but later on it turns to friendly with my neighborhood connecting what must do make them connecting to my network using vouchers code at home i got Oc200 and desk switch has 8 ports pushing 1gig per port nothing else 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@ultraret]

All was good until he turned on the vacuum cleaner

[@summerbee80]

Not happy...I really wanted to own all these devices, do exactly what you done but found out from TP link customer service that my ISP "sky" wont authenticate the DHCP on the TP VPN router...wtf...then the customer service person said you can change your subnet and get it to work that way. Problem with that is, (double NAT) However, some people have double NAT and experience now latency issues or connectivity issues. I cannot bridge either...so....wtf....HELP! I have just bought into another contract with shtty sky for 12 months so i cant back out now and im over my time limit to cancel. Been told from TP again that i could purchase archer router that does support the dhcp through a menu drop down list called (sky mer) BUT!!! what is your service provider?? and how have you managed to set up all this perfectly okay? dont tell me...BT....==

[@InsideWire]

No, i am with Virgin Media and you put the cable into modem mode and its just plug and play.

[@PanosVogiatzopulos]

RUIJIE❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MelroyvandenBerg]

Believe me, water can go up

[@RobertoCarlos-tn1iq]

how much did you personally pay for all this equipment?

[@InsideWire]

Are you asking for the cost or are you asking because of my opinion?

[@RobertoCarlos-tn1iq]

your response should only be a money number.

[@InsideWire]

And your response should have been an answer to my question.. but here we are 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@waqasahmed939]

I bought three 620 HD APs for £330 The controller was around £60 I've also got a 24 port TP Link Omada PoE switch for £400 I've also swapped out the fans for Noctuas, which means they're basically silent

[@mikeg1433]

@@InsideWire So did you buy it or was it given to you?

[@escfxp]

TP-Link support, especially legacy, is poor. Ask anyone that manages networks on a professional level (not small timers).

[@ecu8r]

Nah! not even close. There's something about Ubiquiti that captures its users. It's from the moment you receive the equipment and start opening them and the whole experience to the very end. Ubiquiti is very much like Apple products which I'm a fan of as well. Just listening to that switch fan noise is enough to for me to say nope.

[@waqasahmed939]

Swap em out for Noctuas. Simple

[@divinity176]

Maybe 10 years ago, or 5 years ago... I still like their airfiber products but unifi is junk, baby sitting it is way more hassle than it is worth.

[@ecu8r]

@@divinity176 That has not been my experience and the reviews I've read are great. Small businesses and home setups are benefiting from this, I probably wouldn't deploy these on bigger companies though.

[@ecu8r]

@merluzo8269 That's right, we have good taste. 😆

[@user-jh1mq2ih2u]

For a 70 dollar difference with between unifi dream machine pro non se no brained to go with unifi .. better support newer optimization …to the clown about Apple over priced trash you’re just a mad lil sap

[@darthtater]

Straight up copied UniFi Os

[@InsideWire]

🤔

[@ecu8r]

I agree.

[@Glatze603]

Only a Unifi copy! Sorry bro.

[@InsideWire]

Decent alternative. Less bugs from what ive seen so far.

[@waqasahmed939]

Cheaper than UniFi tbh

[@mircea8342]

Is a copy but is cheaper. Anyway… udm is garbage compared to mikrotik.

[@TheRevRobWilson]

I love your accent....rooter......LOL..

[@InsideWire]

hahaha.. thanks.. I'm sure a lot of people pronounce it that way.

[@ChiekoGamers]

Not everyone on Earth lives in America

[@seenstee]

Answer: no

[@InsideWire]

I’ll be testing the CCTV products next 😃

[@RomanBaranovic]

in our school we have replaced ubiquity setup with omada devices and it works perfectly, so from our perspective yes

[@InsideWire]

Nice, did you have a lot of difficulty with the switch over?

[@RomanBaranovic]

@@InsideWire no, it was quite easy. and we are really suprised by the performance, the reason was the price, ubiquity have got so much expensive over the time, so when we needed to upgrade, it was a perfect choice for us. we have two location, both were running on ubiquiti devices, some of them where old 2,4 ghz. so we moved all the ubiquity pro ap to one location and have build a new instalation based on omada on the second and they perform great. the truth is, we are not using any advanced features, but for the level we need they are comparable and omada is cheaper

[@waqasahmed939]

@@InsideWire Why CCTV? I was under the impression that when it comes to IP CCTV, Hikvision is a better one to go to, and they hook into openvif equipment too There is something nice about a "single pane of glass" to use the marketing term, however

[@aeoh2000]

CHINA THE BEST

[@dw2295]

Chinese network products. My company work from home policy won't allow that.

[@InsideWire]

Interesting to know that companies enforce this..

[@dw2295]

@@InsideWire In theory they would never know if I paid myself. However, as they reimburse what we buy, they need receipts...

[@derek400004]

i worked in one of the biggest banks in the world and they also have this policy. no huawei/ chinese products in the core network infrastructure. i think it's fully understandable.

[@waqasahmed939]

@@derek400004 Sure but this wouldn't be "core infrastructure" I've got TP Link stuff at home too. Realistically, even though we've got Cisco stuff at work, InfoSec are hardly going to care what I've got at home

[@waqasahmed939]

@@dw2295 If they're reimbursing what you buy, then they should hopefully be fine with UniFi? That's an American company though they also send data back to the US

[@techdigitalgroup]

Good products, BUT NOT UNIFI

[@mircea8342]

Good unifi but not mikrotik